What new leadership in Brazil means for Venezuela

With Venezuela on the brink of starvation and an economy that has gone from the richest in South America to a starving population, could new leadership in Brazil offer different solutions to the Venezuelan crisis? While it does not seem Jair Bolsonaro wants to intervene militarily in Venezuela, he does seem very willing to work […]

What’s the deal with Bitcoin?

Grayscale Bitcoin Investment Trust (GBTC), the lone “bitcoin investment trust” in the United States has lost about 80 percent of its total value in the last 10 months. A significant contributor to GBTC’s downward spiral is its excessive fees, which are currently around 2 percent more than double the national average. The fees “are insane […]

As coffee prices drop, some growers turn to farming coca

Coffee aficionados around the globe cringed because the price of coffee is still at historic lows. According to Reuters, the World Coffee Producers’ Forum announced on Monday that the industry is currently facing an economic crisis due to the decline of coffee prices, meaning many farmers are “operating at a loss.” Some of the farmers […]

Mattis: US Navy hospital ship to aid Venezuelan migrants

Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said recently that a Navy hospital ship would be deployed to Colombia in an aid mission set to help the Venezuelan migrants there. According to the U.N., 2.3 million migrants are flooding away from Venezuela to places like Colombia (also to Ecuador, Brazil, and Peru) — that’s approximately 7% of […]

Colombia set to be the first Latin American nation to join NATO

On Friday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced his nation’s intentions to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Santos, who won the Nobel Peace Prize after brokering peace with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, started his nation down this road by establishing a formal partnership with the alliance in May of last year. […]

Drones May be Used in the Eradication of Cocaine Production

Colombia’s police and military units are considering the use of drones to combat a rise in cocaine production in the country. Colombian counter-narcotics police have contracted a local company to test drones for spraying herbicides on coca fields. The remote-controlled devices will be expected to eradicate 20 acres of coca per day, while carrying approximately […]

The FARC Is Exactly Who We Thought They Were

The government of Colombia faces a big crisis in the very fragile peace accord that they signed with the rebel left-wing FARC ( Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) in 2016. A former top commander of the FARC, who helped broker the peace deal has been arrested for drug trafficking and a breakaway group kidnapped and […]

Colombia Heads to the Polls in 1st Election Since FARC Peace Process

In the first election since the peace accords between the Colombian government and the FARC, the candidates for the Colombian presidency will be a right-wing opponent to the peace deal and a leftist former mayor of Bogota. It was the first elections that the FARC were allowed to take part in. The election will take […]

Colombia Calls Venezuela’s Fear of Invasion “Ridiculous”

The Colombian military scoffed at the idea that it is eyeing an invasion of its neighbor Venezuela as “ridiculous.” Colombia’s head of their military forces said on Tuesday to the border area visit. The border between the two countries is wide open and the dire situation of the Venezuelan people is putting a strain on […]

Tillerson Praises Colombia’s Anti-Drug Efforts, “Results are What Matter”

United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is making the rounds in Latin America to drive home the point that while the drug trafficking issue is constantly being addressed, it still needs to do more. Tillerson said the U.S. has been encouraged by the progress made by Colombia in the reduction of coca growth, but […]